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Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation)

Guesthouse in Cairns

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Outdoor dining
Property grounds
Dining
3 bedrooms, iron/ironing board, WiFi, wheelchair access
Shower, hair dryer, towels, soap
Downstairs Home offers a tranquil retreat near Cairns Esplanade with its spacious yard, outdoor area, and lovely garden. Enjoy table tennis on the grounds, explore the nearby shops and schools within walking distance or simply relax in this pet-friendly haven that provides plenty of parking space.

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Kitchen
  • Laundry

About the area

Map
Manoora, QLD

What's nearby

  • Cairns Central Shopping Centre - 5 min drive - 5.0 km
  • Cairns Esplanade - 6 min drive - 4.7 km
  • Reef Fleet Terminal - 7 min drive - 6.1 km
  • Esplanade Lagoon - 8 min drive - 6.5 km
  • Cairns Marlin Marina - 8 min drive - 6.5 km

Getting around

  • Cairns Station - 6 min drive
  • Cairns, QLD (CNS-Cairns Intl.) - 12 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Kangaroos Football & Sporting Club - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Subway - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Domino's Pizza - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Subway - ‬16 min walk

About this property

Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation)

Guest house near Cairns Esplanade
Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation) provides amenities, such as a garden and laundry facilities. Guests can connect to in-room WiFi.
Other perks include:
  • A billiards/pool table and ping pong
Room features
All guest rooms at Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation) boast comforts, such as air conditioning, in addition to
Other amenities include:
  • Showers, hairdryers and soap
  • Porches or lanais, kitchens and fridges

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: WiFi

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Table tennis

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair accessibility

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Electric kettle
  • Kitchen
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Refrigerator
  • Toaster

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Washing machine

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions

Pets

Pets are allowed
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs and cats only
3 total pets
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property on the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Events

No events allowed

Smoking

Smoking allowed: in designated areas

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation

Property is also known as

Family Accommodation
Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation) Cairns
Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation) Guesthouse
Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation) Guesthouse Cairns

Frequently asked questions

Is Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation) pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows cats and dogs (limit 3 total). Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

What time is check-in at Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation)?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation)?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation) located?

Located in Manoora, this guesthouse is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Anderson Street Conservation Park and 3 mi (4.8 km) from Cairns Esplanade. Cazalys Cairns and DFO Cairns are also within 2 miles (3 km).

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Reviews

Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation) Reviews

8.6

Excellent

7.8

Cleanliness

8.6

Location

9.8

Staff & service

9.6

Eco-friendliness

8.8

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 51 out of 94 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 32 out of 94 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 94 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 94 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 94 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Eby A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful home stay

Perfect location, shops closer by.owner very helpful, approachable. Fantastic stay with our loved pets.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joel G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Was great for a family, close to all amenities and shops if required

Had everything that the family needed.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Jay M.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great value family accommodation

Thank you to Vera for giving us an opportunity to have a budget-friendly holiday in Cairns. The house has everything you need - clean sheets and towels, comfortable beds, great hot water system, very clean patio area and well kept lawn (fully fenced and used by ourselves), washing machine and under cover washing line, wi-fi, TV, vacuum cleaner and hairdryer. Yes, there is some wear and tear on the property, and dust has settled into the nooks and crannies, but it was as expected. We have 4 kids and they all enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Abdul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Napsia O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely Home

A lovely downstairs home and a kind accommodating host
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Siby C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Siby Sanoj

We have a pleasant and comfortable stay. The house is spacious with all necessary amenities. Mr Vera was so helpful and very easy to interact. The place is very affordable and it is in a convenient location.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Leslie R.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Listing accuracy

Convenient location to drive to popular tourist locations

Convenient location to drive to popular tourist locations
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kay S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place to stay

Vera was a great host. He was was easy to contact whenever we needed something, since he lives upstairs he could help out quickly. Our family stay was enjoyable and would absolutely come back to stay again. Also very affordable for spacious rooms and close to most areas to visit.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sonny D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice!

Had a great stay the owner is a awesome bloke!
Stayed 10 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sijo J.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent

It's very nice home with all facilities. We enjoyed.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Albert S.

Liked: Communication, location, listing accuracy
Disliked: Cleanliness

Poor

Bugs
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Supriya K.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good Experience

Check in and out process was really easy and quick. Hose was very helpful. All the amenities were close by which made it very easy for us during our stay. Overall Good experience.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cassandra W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family stay

Great family friendly house. House has a good sized backyard for your personal use, undercover verandah and table tennis table. There is a piano inside (which the kids loved making lots of noise on) and large TV. House is basic but perfectly sufficient for a budget family holiday. Hosts live upstairs and kindly retrieved the pingpong balls from under the fence (many times!)
Stayed 12 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Md Shamsul Huda S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

All good Except some cockroaches

Need to do pest control
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Location
Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy

Needs refurbishing

We are basic travellers with basic needs. The Lovely downstairs home basically covered the requirements. There needs some investment into the rooms. Bit of foot traffic noise from upstairs. However if you are looking for a crash pad with a fridge and stove at a standard rate this place will suit.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Rebecca L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Everything we needed

We stayed for a week and Vera’s had all the amenities required to make our holiday pleasant. Check in was super easy, as was check out. Vera was kind enough to allow an earlier check in as well, which was great. Only really had two issues during our stay. Surrounding neighbours could get quite noisy at times and some kind of alarm went off every morning at 1am. Some mornings it would go off several times, others only once. Not sure where it was coming from, but it was quite annoying being woken at that hour every day. Otherwise it was a comfortable stay, everything we needed, easy access to the city and surrounds and affordable.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

russell h.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent value for money.

We enjoyed our 4 week stay. Vera lives upstairs and is very helpful, you can call on him anytime. He is always very willing to attend to the needs of his guests. The guest area of the house which is downstairs is clean and spacious and has everything you need, including a nice hot shower with plenty of water pressure. An excellent washing machine and Vera has strung a line under cover in case of rain. He also has lines to dry your clothes in the sunshine. There is a lovely outdoor area which is very private just for his guests. It is a 2 minute walk to the IGA store, bottle, kebab and pizza shops, plus Chinese massage. The bus stop is across the road. The Uber service is great, only 5-10 minutes waiting time. We highly recommend you stay at Vera’s.
Stayed 28 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kristel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rented the family accommodation in September 2022; we were a family of 5 with 3 children under 10 visiting from Perth- they are noisy our kids- the fact that we had our space- the kids could run around and be themselves, it was the perfect place; The owner was so nice and would give us our space. The place was nice, it was hot and there were aircon in all rooms. We had an amazing Holiday; the place may seem old fashion for some but for us it was just perfect, vintage, cozy, peaceful, quiet, eco-friendly and since we were from the Mauritian culture, it was like going back to Mauritius because the house, furnitures, the settings, the layout, the plants, the fruits, the yard, the green all were exactly how our house and yard used to be back in Mauritius. It felt familiar, it felt right and it felt like going back in our childhood my husband and I. It is walking distance to a small shopping place and the city was 10 mins away. The location is spot on to access everything quick and easy. Highly recommended
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Glenyse S.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Rustic

The hosts were lovely sharing oranges and mandarins from their trees on the property, hot water was not in plentiful supply, a hot shower in the morning was difficult to achieve. I had imagined cooking meals but the stove proved very unreliable, the coil elements seemed unable to be controlled and remained extremely hot regardless of where the dial was, very little bench space and I know this is out of the owner’s control but the tiny weeny orange ants ran rampant on the benches, some insect spray would have been handy, we stored everything in the fridge to avoid the ants in our food. The strip of shops across the road proved very handy for take away offering kebabs, fish and chips and pizza. Also out of hosts control were the neighbours and their loud music. Basically paid for what we got, cheap and a bed to sleep in.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Agnes

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A convenient place for a family to stay with 3 bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom and laundry. Ping pong table out the back. Short drive to Cairns city.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joe C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent

Our host was absolutely awesome. We had an awesome time in Cairns. Amazing value and location where we were. We would love to come back to Cairns and stay here.Tha k you for an amazing stay
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Valerie R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Nice & safe
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Karryn M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Comfy home and safe for pets

Well accommodated, host was lovely, pets safe and happy! :)
Stayed 5 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

MARK S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Spacious downstairs Apartment

Clean spacious 3 bedroom apartment across the road from shops. Short walk to bus stop and not too far from CBD by car. Perfect for my requirements for business travel. Plenty of room to spread out for remote laptop working.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Wayne B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful Cairns Holiday

Not in the city so we booked a car which was required from airport as we travelled all over Cairns. Spacious bedrooms, and outdoor space. Great hospitality and had shops located within 1 km. Excellent location. Will return soon.
Stayed 8 nights in Apr 2025